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BUTTON QR STUD. No. 254,252. Patented Feb. 28,1882.

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PATENT OFFICE,

OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON OR sTuo.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,252, dated February 28, 1882.

Application filed December 17, 1881.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. ADAMS, of the city and county of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Collar-Buttons, Buttons, and Studs; and I declare the following to be a specification thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in non-separable sleeve-buttons; and it consistsin the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved button, showing a vertical transverse section through the shoe, capplate, and spring. Fig. 2 is a side view of the button, taken at a right angle to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents detail views of the post, cap plate, and one spring; and Fig. 4 is a plan of the inner side of the shoe turned parallel with the attached post.

Like letters indicate like parts.

A represents the button front, B the shoe, and G the post.

The shoe B is attached to the ;post 0 by means of a capplate, a, which is slotted transversely, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This plate is formed with three arms or sections, which are nearly separated by the slots or openings referred to, but are connected on one side by a narrow upwardly-turned rim or flange, the free end of each arm being also turned slightly upward, as shown in Fig. 3. a

.In each arm of the plate a, at its center, is formed a groove or hearing, a, for the reception of a horizontal bar at the end of the button-post, which bar fits beneath said bearings. The transverse slots or openings formed in the cap-plate correspond in width with the flat springs 11 b, which are arranged in the shoe immediately beneath said openings, and bear upwardly against the horizontal portion of the post. These springs are composed of steel or other suitable material.

The post 0 is rigidly secured to the under side of the button-front, and is slotted, or consists of two curved arms connected at their lower ends by a horizontal or transverse bar, 0, which projects at each end beyond the body Sleeveof the post, and thus forms three points for the attachment of the plate a--one at each end of the bar and one at its center. When in position the bar 0 rests upon the springs 1) b and beneath the bearings a a, formed in the slotted plate.

After the parts have been arranged within the shoe in the manner described, the rim or edge of the shoe is turned down over the upwardly-turned edge of the plate (I, thus securely fastening said plate, springs, and post in their respective places.

It will be seen that the shoe, when attached or hinged in thismanner, may-be readily turned to either side of the post and parallel therewith, and also that the upward pressure of the springs against the bar 0 will hold the shoe securely in either a vertical or horizontal position.

I am' aware that a sleeve-button has heretofore been provided with a hinged shoe adapted to be turned to either side of the buttonpost, andinclosin g aspring which bears against the lower end of the post, and thus holdsthe shoe in either a vertical or horizontal position. This, however, I do not claim broadly. The posts of such buttons as usually con-. structed have only furnished one or two points for the attachment of the hinged shoe, which is consequently liable to work loose. By my invention this difficulty is obviated, the horizontal bar cat the end of the button-post being extended on each side beyond the same, thus furnishingtwo outer points for the attachment of the shoe,in addition to the usual central point between the arms of the post. The shoe is thus held securely without any liability of working loose, three distinct points being provided for its attachment to the slotted post. By the employment of two springs instead of one, as formerly, a further advanta geis obtained, as should either sprin gbecome broken or displaced the other will still exert sufficient pressure against the end of the post to hold the shoe in the position to which it may be turned.

What I claim as my In a sleeve-button A, hinged shoe B, and

invention iscomposed of the front slotted post 0, having at its lower end the transverse bar 0, provided the bar at the end of the post, thereby holdwith ends projecting beyond the sides of said ing the shoe securely in a horizontal or Vertical position, as specified.

GEORGE E. ADAMS.

slotted post, the combination, with the bar 0, of the slotted cap-plate a, having three bearv 5 ings, a, adapted to engage with said bar, and

two springs, 11 b, inolosed within the shoe, be-

2 254,252 Witnesses i IRVING OHAMPLIN, neath said plate, and adapted to bear against WM. S. GODFREY. 

